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City of librarians
City of librarian… not really! We only get to see one librarian in City of Angels (1998), a dramatic weepy starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan. Basically, an angel (Cage) becomes romantically involved...
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Woof! Beware of librarian
Woof! (1989) details the comic adventures of an English boy, Eric (played by Edward Fidoe), who turns into a dog — a Norfolk terrior, to be exact — whenever his nose starts twitching. The movie,...
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Calling all the beautiful girls
I caught Beautiful Girls (1996) on Hulu recently. For a movie that explores different versions of masculine ambivalence on the eve of a high school reunion (a reunion in winter? huh?), it comes as no...
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Glasses on, glasses off
Summer of the Monkeys is one of those youth classics that I never got around to reading, mainly because Wilson Rawls’s other classic, Where the Red Fern Grows, devastated me. It was good, don’t get me...
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7 faces of a liberated librarian
Thank you to everyone who voted in the second reader poll to choose the next film for me to analyze! And here you have it, a post about your chosen winner, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964). “Here is the...
View ArticleAngels in the library in ‘Wings of Desire’
I am following up on another reader question from my call earlier this year for reader questions and ideas, a question posed by Kvennarad, who left a comment that contained several very intriguing post...
View ArticleRegarding a public library
In the 1991 film Regarding Henry, directed by Mike Nichols and written by J. J. Abrams (!), a library scene takes place almost exactly halfway through the movie. Movie plot But first, let’s set the...
View ArticleReader poll write-up, spring 2018: Ask the Dust
As per the winning entry in the most recent reader poll, this week I am analyzing the 2006 film Ask the Dust this week. I had never seen the film before. “Ask The Dust – Trailer,” uploaded by YouTube...
View ArticleMe before you (and the library, too)
I recently watched the tearjerker romance Me Before You (2016) on Amazon Prime, and I was — once again — surprised to see a library scene pop up in the middle of the film. The film stars Emilia Clarke...
View ArticleGraduate library school discussion in ‘Party Girl’
"You don’t need some high status degree. You want the best program for the least money in the shortest amount of time."
View ArticleFirst impressions: ‘John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum’ (2019) and its...
This man had no time to waste, and neither did the librarian.
View ArticleHere’s lookin’ at you, Mr. Stringer
"I really must be getting back to the library, Miss Marple."
View ArticleFirst impressions: ‘It: Chapter Two’ (2019) and the town librarian hero
"That was long overdue. Get it? 'Cause we're in a library."
View ArticleReel librarian cameo in ‘A Simple Favor’ (2018)
The reel librarian does return the (research) favor
View ArticleLibrary research montage in 'The Manchurian Candidate' (2004) remake
"I got my library card... I do my research, too."
View Article‘The Forgotten’ librarian
Why revisit the forgotten 'The Forgotten'? Because it has a library scene!
View ArticlePublic librarian sighting in ‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’ (2018)
You know things aren't going to go well when you're on the bad side of a librarian.
View ArticleA reel librarian’s multi-faceted role in ‘Beautiful Creatures’ (2013)
I very much enjoyed Viola Davis's multi-faceted and fascinating portrayal as Amma, a complex reel librarian role with powers of her own.
View ArticleA closer look at the library scene in ‘Hidden Figures’ (2016)
Dorothy Vaughan doesn't let an obstructionist librarian get in the way of her future.
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